By Teri Knight, News Director
Joe Moravchik wants his chance to unseat District 20B Representative Todd Lippert. He introduced himself to KYMN listeners last week. He, his wife and their two daughters have lived in Lonsdale since 2007. His background is complex, he says, having taught and coached in New Mexico for six years and then deciding to become a police officer, explaining, “from there I went into major crimes and then I was a Sergeant, then I was a Shift Commander. Unfortunately I was injured in the line of duty, that was a job I would’ve done for 25 years if I could have but the injury changed that for me”. Moravchik then went to William Mitchell College of Law wanting to give a voice to those who may not have one. As for wanting to become a legislator, he said it’s his continuation of service, adding,“I think putting people in the best position to succeed translates well from my background into state politics”. Moravchik believes people are tired of bitter bipartisanship in the legislature and want reasonable and effective people in office. He believes he’s prepared for the position with his experience in learning to argue both sides of an issue
and the art of negotiation. There’s much more to his interview on kymnradio.net including his thoughts on handling the coronavirus and an account of the federal stimulus dollars. He said, “I want to know where all that money goes. And it’s important to me, as a taxpayer, and if I have this great opportunity to be a Representative, it would be to make sure we’re balancing our books here in Minnesota. I think that’s important”. The MN House 20B Republican endorsing convention will be May 21st. Josh Gare is also seeking the Republican endorsement. He lost in 2018 to Lippert. Joe Moravchik Profile (1) Joe Moravchik Profile Guide Radio Press Release Here’s the full interview with Moravchik from April 27th.
Nfld’s Climate Action Plan looks to city buildings for energy savings
Beth Kallestad is the Program Coordinator for the City of Northfield’s Climate Action Plan which was adopted last year. As a city, Kallestad said, “we’re really trying to focus on our buildings and energy efficiencies we can start to implement and also where our electricity and fuel is coming from and as much as we can switch that to renewable sources”. Looking at waste is also a part of climate change as what goes into the landfill turns into methane gas. Kallestad said they’ll have a college student help do research over the summer. This isn’t a new idea, it’s just figuring out how it will work for Northfield. There will be further recycling education as many don’t understand what really CAN go in the can! Kallestad explains, “glass jars, bottles. Some of the plastics, numbers 1’s, 2’s and 5’s are the best to put in there because they actually have a green market. Paper and cardboard can go in there. Aluminum and steel cans, the food and beverage cartons. Ideally these things are bigger than a deck of cards because if it’s too small it gets caught in the recycling mechanisms”. Things that are clean. Don’t put plastic bags of any kind in your recycling bin. DSI Recycling Guide. When in doubt, throw it out. Kallestad’s full interview is HERE.
Temporary location for Northfield Farmers Market
Due to construction on Seventh Street, the Northfield Farmers Market will be temporarily relocated to Eighth and Poplar streets across from the Riverside Park Shelter through early June. The market is scheduled to open this Friday and will run weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 to 11 a.m. To access the market, enter from Woodley and Poplar streets from the south.
Maple Street between Sibley Drive and Meadow View Drive will be closed tomorrow and Thursday for work related to the Sibley Elementary School Addition and Renovations Project.
